Sharp County record., 1887-08-04
PERSONA AND GENERAL.

| The old Harriet beecner DJo"e HOuS0 IL
Andover, Mass, in which the famous
authoress wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin" was
burned on the night of the 18th.
ASSISTANT CAsHIER MELINE, Of the
Treasury, left Washington for Cincinnati
ON the 18th. with a force Of clerks, to ex-
anime the condition Of the sub-treasury Of
that city.
RoBERT SCHROEDER has been depOsed
from the presidency OF the Buffalo
Brewers Union on account of his social
istic tendencies. He is a cigar-maker and
| saloOn-keeper.
IT is announced that John Taylor, presi-
dent OF the Mormon Church, died on the
/ evening Of the 18th.
THE $4,000 in Austrian money which
| Zabewski, the defaulter, brought to this
! country, was turned over to the Austrian
Consul-General at New York on the 26th,
and will be forwarded to the government
from which it was embezzled.
TwENTY-sIx cows we're killed on the
farms OF Tukahee, Westchester County, y.
Y, on the 18th. They were sick with
| pleuro-pneumOnia. Seventeen head Of cat
tie at New Brunswick and one at New
Heightstown we're also ordered to be
! killed.
MILE. VIOLA. a four-horse equestrienne
Of Barrett's circus, fell from her horse at
Wahpeton, OAK, on the 25th. and sus-
tanned serious injuries. 1t is said, being
upbraided for carelessness by the man
ager, she took poison. She isreported dead.
JOSEPH F. SMITH, nephew of the prophet
Joseph Smith, founder OF Mormonism, will
probably succeed John Taylor as president
Of the Mormon church, but the question OF
succession will not be settled for several
months yet.
DR.. THOMAS L. CRUZ, who about ten
years ago was house surgeon OF Bellevllle
IN. " hospital, is now an inmate OF the
insane pavilion Of that institution from
excessive use of opium. He is between
thirtv-five and forty years Of age.
The COMPTROLLER OF the Currency, having
received information that the Henrietta
National Bank of Henrietta, Tex, has sus-
pended, has directed the State Bank Ex-
aminer TO take charge of its affairs and to
report promptly the result OF his examina-
tion.
In the case Of the Traders and Travel
ers' Union against the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Company, the Inter
State Commerce Commission decided that
it had no jurisdiction and dismissed the
complaint The case involves the free
TRANSFORMATION of extra baggage.
| A MYSTERIOUS murder occurred near the
fair grounds at Concordia, Kas., on the
night of the 18th. The victim was VIM.
Terbush, son of horse-trader who resides
in CLAW Center No cIew TO the murderer,
and no reasonable conjecture as TO the mo-
tive.
The President has accepted an invita-
tion to visit Kansas City.
The wife Of Wilson Barrett, the actor,
died on the 9th.
A TELEGRAPH jubilee dinner was given
at London on the night Of the 9th.
IT is claimed the Crown Prince Of Ger
many is improving.
THE sixth anniversary meeting Of the
National Temperance Society opened at
Ocean Grove, N. j., on the 9th, to continue
FIVE days.
1T IA said the Irish League will not be
proclaimed until Parliament adjourns.
| F. G.. MCMILLEN has been appointed re-
ce.ver Of the United Carbon Companies,
and this marks the collapse Of the combi-
nation.
ELIHU E. JACKSON was nominated for
Governor of Maryland by the Democratic
convention on the 9th.
The Porte has dismissed the Turkish re-
serves which have for some time past been
held in readiness to answer the demands
of an emergency.
AMONG the passengers who sailed from
New York for Europe on the steamer Ger
manic on the 9th was Governor John 5.
Marmaduke, of Missouri.
BOYS at play in Clinton, Ia, on the 9th,
set fire to barn in a thickly-settled part
of the city. The Baptist Church and four
residences were destroyed, and half a
dozen other structures were badly dam
aged. The loss is about $4,000, only part
ly insured.
THE Bulgarian regents have proclaimed
amnesty to Bulgarian offenders who have
taken refuge in Turkey, except those who
are charged with criminal acts.
The block occupied by the Humphrey
Bros. Hardware Company, A. W. Jansen,
furniture, and others, at Lincoln, Neb.,
was destroyed by fire on the 9th. Losses
aggregate SS5 600; partially insured.
AT Baker City, Ore5 on the 18th, Sheriff
Smith arrested Andrew Hamilton, alias
Dick Crayton, for a murder committed in
Pike County, ILL.,, in 1875. The arrest was
made on a requisition from Governor
Oglesby.
| A COMMITTEE has been appointed at
Rome to elaborate a scheme 70 establish a
Catholic university in America, and a con-
ference will be held on August I, to decide
upon it's location.
A PASSENGER train north collided with
freight train south at Foxbury, Pa, on the
27tH, killing w. D. Jones, Of Pittsburgh a
passenger, and injuring several other pas
sengers.
The Riverside Iron and Steel works at
Cincinnati, w. P. Harris, superintendent,
and A. L. P. Gasre, secretary, have assign
ed TO John s. COnners. Liabilities 100000.
SENATOR SHERMAN got his Endorsement
from the Ohio Republicans at the State
convention, without opposition.
GENERAL BoULANGER wants to fight
duel with VI. Ferry.
AN accident on the Baltimore & Ohio
railway, near Cumberland, Md, on the
28th, killed an engineer and fireman.
Two pleasure yachts were capszed OF
the English coast on the 18th, and ten
people were drowned.
GEORGE ADAMS, Of Mexico, Mo-, has